Israel targets Hezbollah chief in Beirut attack

Israel targets Hezbollah chief in Beirut attack: "Police said nine people were killed on Friday, bringing to 66 the death toll in Lebanon since Israel unleashed what the military has called 'Operation Just Reward.'

'It's sparing nobody, in no area of Lebanon. Actually it is cutting the country into pieces, whereby more than 20 bridges in the country have been destroyed,' Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora told CNN.

Army chief Dan Halutz warned that Israel would continue to strike Hezbollah and other infrastructure targets in Lebanon.

'Lebanon is paying a very heavy price because of Hezbollah: bridges, roads and airports destroyed -- and it could yet be deprived of other infrastructure,' he said.

In one of the strongest statements from a world leader on the conflict, President Jacques Chirac of France, the former colonial power in Lebanon, said Israel appeared to 'wish to destroy' Lebanon."

(Via Martini Republic.)